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Chicago examiner vol vi no 244 a ml price one cent g^-gggg \ thursday october 1 1908 50,000,000 canal a huge failure says colonel bixby u s expert declares drainage ditch doesn't solve chi cago's sewage problem disputed by randolph board's engineer disagrees with federal officer's criti cism of the system â– the drainage canal created as a solu tion of chicago's sewage problem at a cost of joo.ooo.txx has been a fruitless under taking so far as its initial purpose is con cerned said colonel w h bixby until yesterday chief engineer for the united states government m the department ot the lakes the canal is inadequate it will be useful for navigation but it never wiii irove sufficient to solve the sewage prob em colonel bixby is an expert in his pro fession he has been connected with many of the greatest undertakings of ibe government on the great lakes he is recognized as an authority on engineer ing problems the country over while stationed m Chicago he studied the drain | age canal and the harbor question now he has been transferred to st louis n j a resident of Chicago and an employe of the government he could not with propriety discuss these questions before jis departure yesterday he broke bis silence and left behind him some things lor Chicago business men to mull over anai needs more outflow the drainage canal now requires " per cant of the entire outflow of the upper ake continued colonel b xby kven ow the canal reaily needs as much more when the population of Chicago reaches 6,000.000 as it surely will do in the not ar distant future the canal will need at east 15 or 20 per cent of the outflow the united states government would never isrmit this it is entirely out of the qnes ion there is another phase to the problem what about the Illinois valley below cbl ago Chicago nor no other city has the mora or legal right tc cast lis wasta wbere t jeopardizes t * health of other commun tles this is what Chicago is doing hrough its drainage canal as the city grows conditions will grow worse instead f improving vlust treat sewage chemically dumping sewage anyway is but a relic of the dark ages the modern method is 0 treat it chemically this is what chi cago must come to as well as other large cities in the union if worcester mass can do this economically then Chicago can do it much more economically the time is approaching when the cost of such a method will be insignificant when ompared to what the city will become iable to if the drainage canal continues n the purpose for which it was built " isham randolph for many years connect ed with the engineering of the canal when , uforined of colonel bixby prophecies j was inclined to make light of them says view is untenable 1 have known for some time that colonel jlxby held very radical ideas on the sub ect of the drainage canal he said in my opiuiou the colonel's views are un tenable the proof of the pudding is iv ; the eating of it so says the old saw and 1 think the drainage canal already has proved that it serves admirably the pur pose for which it was created " colonel bixby before his departure made some other predictions as to chicago's ' future and touched on the harbor question as one of the most important problems now confronting the city the future harbor of Chicago he said lies m the lake between Chicago avenue on the porth and thirty-ninth street on the south the Chicago river is and ever will be but a makeshift the expenditure j of millions of dollars m widening the river ' will never make the stream adequate for larhor purposes ity must spend own money Chicago will have to spend its own | noney ou the river the government will not do it for you uncle sam is not throw ing bis money away in useless improve ments but with all th millions that yoj fpend lake boats will grow faster than will the size of the river vessels longer than 400 feet never can ' he operated successfully m the Chicago kiver if Chicago confines its attention . to this kind of lake traffic the city will | lose its position as a fifth rate port and will sink still lower in the scale Chicago must have a harbor the gov 1 eminent year by year is giving less and less for the development of internal bar jors it is giving more and more for ex ernal harbors there is no reason why hieago should not build up again its great lake trade but it must have an outer harbor to do it , says smoke must go colonel bixby likewise prophesied that the drift of the residence section of the city would be toward lake forest and thai business would eventually march up mlchi gun avenue and drive the residents of that section of the city further out m the suburbs every locomotive smokestack m Chicago i lias got to go was colonel bixbv's part i ing shot electrification of the terminals m the city is bouud to come and soon schoolboy killed by engine robert boyer a schoolboy was killed by he south-bound pcre marquette railroad jflpwitcli eniiue yesterday afternoon at sixty hfbird streit and onklcv avenue he lived maÂ«Â»r a/m sixty-third street au l held to da _â– roosevelt trophies for national museum will stay uatil he gets game only plan president has is to hunt until object of trip has been accomplished washington sept 30 â€” president roosevelt will give ail the trophies col lected during bis african hunt next spring to the national museum this was the of ficial announcement made to-day together with a few other details regarding the president's forthcoming trip the president's bunting party will be strictly limited to four persons from this country the president bis son kermit and two taxidermists these latter will be chosen by the officers of the national museum and their expenses will be paid by the museum m consideration of the fact that all the specimens secured will go to the museum the president has absolutely no plans according to the official announcements he will begin his hnut m british east africa hut neither he nor any one else knows where he will emerge to the coast wherever the game is the president will go he may find plenty in british east africa bat if not he will follow on into german east africa or into any other country where he finds it necessary to go to secure what he desires ontside the four white persons who start from this country the party will receive no recruits beyond the caravan of native bearers and drivers that will be arranged for m alexandria the presi dent does not plan to accept any official invitations from monarchs or rulers of the countries through which he will pass i and under no conditions will he permit any other white persons to join m his i hunt communication with american fleet lost position of vessels unknown because of failure of wireless telegraph manila p 1 sept 30.-wbile the progress of the american battleship fleet is presumed to have carried it through the basillan channel some tlnid during the late afternoon and while there is every expecta tion that the warships will arrive late fri day the interruption of the wireless tel egraph service has prevented any definite information relating to the location of the warships gibraltar sept 30 the american battleships alabama and maine were re ported twelve miles from gibraltar at 12 4 r > a m to-day the battleships are preced .'Â»* the main fleet under rear admiral sperry around the world they left na ples september 26 barber clips too much hair and is fined 100 customer's eye blackened m alterca tion following tonsorial work because charles jefferson 1514 belmont avenue a barber clipped too much hair ' from the head of an aged customer he was fined 100 and costs yesterday m the sheffield avenue branch court when ar raigned on a warrant charging disorderly conduct sworn ont by the children of patrick hurley 70 years old the customer hurley bad remonstrated with the barber and received a black eye as the result the first oue he has worn in forty years he asserts motion for arrest of judg ment agaiust the barber will be argued to-day kaiserin submits to test of x-ray apparatus rominten prussia sept 30 the em press of germany to-day submitted to an x-ray examination of the bones of her hand at a public demonstration of the roentgen ray apparatus recently presented the szlttkehmen hospital by the kaiser and kalserln both visited the institu tion and listened to an explanatory lecture by the physician m charge her majesty then expressed a desire to witness the work ings of the plant and at the suggestion of the physician ehe submitted her hand and was enabled to 6ee its bones through the flesh woman mails letter in fire box and rings alarm three engine companies a hook and lad der company and a patrol wagon filled with policemen were summoned in evans ton shortly after noon yesterday when mrs x j ingham of lake geneva wis who has been visiting at the home of mrs mary merrlmati 1319 Chicago avenue accidentally pulled a fire alarm box m at tempting to mail a letter at dempster street and Chicago avenue mandel's millions to kin and charity merchant m will gives widow and his children greater part of estate iviakes his wife trustee divides 2,000000 property into four portions and provides trust fund with the exception of 50,000 left to the widow to be applied to charitable purposes if she may see fit to use the fund m that way the entire estate of the late eman uel mandel is bequeathed to his imme diate family the will was filed in the probate court yesterday afternoon it disposes of an estate valued at more than 2,000,000 according to the inventory made after mr mandel's death his holdings were as j follows : personal property including his interest ] in mandel brothers 1,131,825 real estate 892,167 mrs babette mandel the widow edwin f mandel a son rose mandel lover a daughter carrie greeubaum mandel 1 daughter-in-law and her sons frank e mandel and richard henry mandel are the beneficiaries r widow gets homestead the first bequest is one of 50,000 for charitable purposes to be given at the dis cretion of mrs mandel the homestead at 3-100 michigan avenue with all pictures furniture jewelry hordes and carriages la j given to the widow the remainder of the estate is to be i dhftled into four equal parts one of these i goes to mrs mandel the widow a second j to edwin f mandela third to rose man de lover while the fourth is a trust fund for the benefit of mrs carrie greeubaum | mandel widow of a deceased son of mr ; mandel and her two sons aged respec tively six and time years the testator's widow is made the trustee of this fourth part she is given the power to invest and re-iuvest it as she sees fit without accounting to any person the income of the fund is directed to be divided into three equal parts one of these parts goes to mrs mandel jr and the other two to her sons marriage stops income the yonnger mrs mandel is to receive her share of the income of the trust fund only as long as she remains unmarried should she marry her income stops and her share m the property goes to her sous in the event of her death the grandsons inherit the property belouging to their mother it is left with the discretion of the trustee mrs mandel to give to either of the grandsons a share of their property from the trust fund when they reach the age of tweuty-flve years on attaining their thirty-fifth year the remainder of their property is to be given them provisions against death if either of the grandsons dies before reaching his thirty-fifth year his portion of the estate is bequeathed m equal por tious to his children if either dies be fore becoming thirty-five years old w-ithout leaving issue his portion is given to the surviving brother if both die before reaching that age their portion reverts to edward f mandel and mrs lover if mrs mandel cannot serve as trustee a bert s loner is named for the trust edwin f mandel and mr lover are named executors of the estate the will was drawn february-27 1905 pittsburg firm fails fear head is suicide brokerage concern of a j lawrence & co closes its doors pittsburg pa sept 30 the broker age firm of a j lawrence & co has closed its doors and andrew j lawrence head of the firm is missing his friends admit fearing that he has killed himself saying his financial reverses may have caused him to lose his mind the firm has done much of the heavy trading for the old and rich families of pittsburg and it is not yet known how badly the failure of the firm will affect persons high up m the financial world a most determined effort has been made to keep the matter quiet lawrence was seen heading for the woods on the south side of the city early yester day morning about the time his office was seized at his home his son stated this evening that no trace of his father bad been found season's first snow falls on north shore chilling western gale brings flurry to highland park i a score or more of Chicago millionaires were caught last evening m the first snow flurry of the season some of them were without overcoats the snow did not strike j Chicago hut the flakes were falling m ! highland park and lake forest last even ing when the millionaires special pulled into the northwestern station in addition j here wns a chilling gaie from the west j the snow melted al.nost as fast as it fell i continved cold with more frost is the pre j diction of the forecaster for to-day and friday Chicago lawyer weds former client secretly cincinnati 0 sept 30 george c oilier a Chicago lawyer and miss ira 8.1 ituck of barnesburg 0 were married m j cincinnati to-day but the news of it did rot get out until after the couple had started on a two weeks honeymoon trip i it is said the^iride was a former client of the young^bn-yer and that he fell in i love wltu hu^^^kile conducting her legal affairs r ufl lhe la Chicago *> here comes the bridegroom expects wright to win 100,000 prize french expert lazore weiller has faith m american's aeroplane paris sept 30 lazare weiller the french aeroplane promoter to-day when interviewed about the wright aeroplane system expressed great enthusiasm weil ler said he felt certain wilbur wrighi would capture the prize of 300,000 francs 100,000 offered by him for an airship i carrying two persons i understand that for the first test of flight he will carry a sack of sand and for the secoud a passenger saitl m weil ler i am confident of his success after an agreement with mr wright yesterday i ordered a french factory to construct j fifty aeroplanes the contract involves * 100,000 m weiller expressed regret thnt wright did not possess all the foreign patents for ills aeroplane as regards the french patent he said i consider that wright has proved every thing he advanced interest was displayed among local aero enthusiasts to-day m the fact that this was the last day of the time specified for the winning of the french aero club's prize of 1,000 for the greatest distance flown by aviation in the mouth of september wright on september -'] flew au official d stance of cg.-io kilometers remaining m the air one hour thirty-one minutes and fifty-one seconds in that time it was esti mated that he had covered an actual dis | ance of about ninety-eight kilometers or over sixty miles although the official dis tance was only 00.00 kilometers or about thirty-nine miles wright's record . the ? 4.000 michel m cup however was diminished by the de duction of that part of the flight accom plished after sunset the micheliu prize is for the greatest distance fiowu iv v,k)b the specification is that the flight must be before sunset on this account only the portion of wright's fl.ght accomplished before six o'clock the sunset hour was counted for the michelln prize this amounted to s.uo kilometers and is the best flight under the prize conditions yet made m europe hanly exonerated on alleged bribe offer indianapolis lud sept 30.â€”gov ernor hauly is exonerated m the report of the investigating committee wblcb was received by the house at 3 o'clock this afternoon it declared that if senator wickwire made the alleged tender of a state office for representative knifieiy's vote on the local option bill it was euttrelv wi.hout authority the report deprecated the making of such affidavits as knisely s as giving a falsi impression the house adjourned immediately after accepting the report but the senate sulked over what t regarded as a reflection on wickwire and continued m session awaiting a report of a committee of its own adjournment how ever came this evening thus eudiujjlyie elkins preparing to welcome abruzzi marriage will take place m november and will be unostentatious washington sept 30 the news of the early coming ol the duke of the abraz zl escorted by three italian warships to claim as his bride the beautiful katherine i-;ik!ns the king's consent having finally been won has given washington society a i new thrill none of the elkins family is in town but it is said that they will re turn froni llollyhurst w va very short ly m order to receive the duke when he arrives m this country intimate friends of the family aver that the marriage will occur in november and will be a very quiet affair the recent luaine-elkius sensation gave the family un pleasant publicity and rather spoiled any plans for an elaborate wedding that may have been conceived miss elkins is n wholesome american girl and her tastes are simple and a quiet wed ding would please her it is said that she lias been under instruction for the catholic church for some time past the duke will stay at the italian embas sy while m washington washington as n whole is gind that one of her favorite j society belles is to marry into a royal | house for miss elkins is greatly liked t by her associates the palasso mareslettl one of the finest of the soman palaces has been purchased for 4,000,000 lire 800,000 by slgnor pac reili of the itanea di lioma who is stated to be acting m behalf of a mysterious un known eumor has it that the realpur chaser is either the duke of abruzzl or a wealthy relative of miss elkins girl suing elkins gets 50 a week during life actress has debts paid with ex penses abroad new york sept 30 the suit for l 100,000 for breach of promise brought i last week by louise lonsdale the actrega against blame elkins son of senator el-j j kins of west virginia has been settled i and miss lonsdale is now on the high j seas with miss margaret carroll of brook i lyu bound for paris the settlement of the case was reportel last week but the details were not forth coming uutli to-day as all concerned used every possible means to keep the matter quiet the terms of settlement are that miss lonsdale will be paid 50 a week for the remainder of her life all her debts have been paid and included m the settlement is the trip abroad which she is now en joying with all expenses paid together with those of her traveling companion miss lonsdale ' sailed saturday morning on the philadelphia of the american line hound for paris under the name of m:ss carroll while her traveling companion was booked as mrs 1 m carroll of brooklyn bryan labor plank jeered by ridder editorial following convention blames party for catering to workingmen's leaders new york sept 30 union labor lead ers discovered to-night that herman ridder the new treasurer of the democratic na tional committee had repudiated the anti injunction plank m the democratic national platform mr gompers m his efforts to aid bryan has declared that the adoption of this plank entitled the democratic party to the union vote and urged the members of organized labor to contribute to bryan's campaign fund because of it mr bidder's attention will be called to his stand on this poiut at next sunday's meeting of the central federated union he has announced that he will appear to defend himself against charges of unfair ness toward union labor at this meeting mr bidder's attack upon the anti-injunc tion plank followed immediately after it was incorporated into the democratic plat form at the denver convention in his argument against this plank mr ridder cited the supreme court decision in the danbury hatters union case iv the preliminary stages of the campaign mr gompers had publicly denounced this decision m new york and elsewhere throughout the country following is an editorial attack which ridder made upon the anti-injunction forces of the democratic party in his pa per the new yorker staats zeitung juiy 10 1908 there is one point in the democratic platform which is received with disgust even by democrats for iv its declaration against the misuse of judicial injunctions the platform goes too far when it cou | demus the issuing of temporary court or ders especially m industrial conflicts m its application to disputes between organized capita and organized labor the party's declaration however goes still further for it maintains the riew that labor unions should not be classified as or ganizations for the restraint of trade and not to be treated as such only a short time ago the highest court decided iv a suit against the hatters union of con necticut that through its organisations and its tactics it had been destroying tree eouipttition and this decision was indorsed by a majority of the just and thinking population to cater to labor leaders has always been a dangerous underta.iiing on the pait of a great party and the demo cratic party should not have been per mitted to undertake such a thing for according to its whole traditions it doss { not recognize class spirit or class legis lation fire at john d.'s house follows explosion tarrytown n v sept 30 the gaso line tank on one of john d rockefeller's lawn mowers exploded this morning and destroyed it setting fire to a honse on the place and burning it to the ground en gineer stoneley was badly cut on the head john 1 jr and bis wife rushed to the scene and directed the firemou iv their work after an hour's fighting the flames were brot_j_u_)der control . -_____? % hearstshows foriker got 94,500 of oil cash reads affidavits from mem bers proving haskell joined citizens alliance more archbold letters crowd that fills denver audi torium cheers furthet dis closures of guilt his6en given an ovation largest audience that ever attended rally m colorado hears new party leaders denver sept 30 william ra dolph hearst to-night exploded another bomb m the camp of the republican party by reading be fore the largest political gathering ever held m this city new letters that further establish the connection of senator joseph b foraker with the standard oil company one of the let ters showed that foraker had received 5,000 and another showed that he had received 10,c00 from john d archbold from the unfailing supply at no 26 broadway both these letters were written to foraker m 1900 and contained certifi cates of deposit for the sums named tlxey were sent to the senator as a re suit of previous communication be tween foraker and archbold mr hearst stated that he had come across the letters m looking through a large collection to find correspond ence which foraker had stated would establish his innocence show effective service the letters which i found said mr hearst do not prove his inno cence but show the effectiveness of his service to the standard oil com pany mr hearst paid his respects tc charles n haskell by reading affi davits that establish his connection with the secret citizens alliance of muskogee which was organized to \ fight union labor it was m connec tion with this movement that haskell j referred to the union labor movement as being promoted by contemptible fanatics the affidavits read showed that haskell was a member of the alliance and that he paid dues as such bryan responsible for haskell mr hearst said that mr bryan had de clared that he was respousible for haskell and that be was satisfied to let bim shoul der the responsibility when mr hearst declared that the-af fidavits proclaimed the monumental men^j i ducity of haskell there was a roar of ap proval later m bis speech mr hearst aroused tremendous applause when be de . clared that he supported roosevelt in his fight against the standard oil and ap proved of his attitude in connection with the present political unsavory revelations not because he bad changed his personal opinion of roosevelt but because he is a loyal citizen and loves his country and hia fellow men cheers and laughter greeted mr hearst's declaration that he was waiting for an opportunity to even matters up with roosevelt after he had relinquished the presidency for sending his mouthpiece tweed's lawyer into the state of new york to lie about hearst when he was running for governor addresses overflow meeting after finishing hi address mr hearst was taken m an automobile to the office of the denver post where many thousands of people had waited m the street to catch sight of him and heir him speak they had been unable to get into the auditorium and refused to go home mr hearst \ stepped out upon the balcony of the l'os building and said a few words to the waiifl ing throng he was cheered cnthusiasti^h all after that he was driven to the denver press club where be was cordially r ceived he made a brief speech so great was the demand for admission , to the hall that the doors were closed a at ten minutes of 7 o'clock m streets are packed 9 for three blocks the streets leading tos the auditorium were jammed with human ity it required a large force of police men to take care of the crowd lr proved to be a very orderly assemblage and every thing passed off smoothly and satisfactorily to those engaged in handling the uteetiug when mr hearst finished his speech iv the hall thomas l hi-gen independent paiity candidate for president was iir.ro h^ed.^fc he was warmly applauded mr am^sia^^^^j^^l^he taaudkr the audi ||| weather forecast m yjfyi Chicago and vicinity â€” fair m f\'j and continued cool with probably f t % y frost thursday fair friday with >Â£.â– ;. v s slowly rising temperature fresh t.f v s northwest winds becoming light ywg the thanks of thousands â– __=_ 1 have been received by the examiner for the effective work of its employment exchange during the past eighteen months the service of the ex change is given '<' ; thout cost to all of tho ho avail themselves of ti situation wanted columns of the examiner if seeking a situation try the examiner way i1 i ! three offices â– _ wash7ngton st 115 fifth ay 776 milwaukee ay rt tst don't depend on jj ji the plugger m ] v $ tainment tell about it m v j tk v itk 3 jm umn of the examiner m

Chicago examiner vol vi no 244 a ml price one cent g^-gggg \ thursday october 1 1908 50,000,000 canal a huge failure says colonel bixby u s expert declares drainage ditch doesn't solve chi cago's sewage problem disputed by randolph board's engineer disagrees with federal officer's criti cism of the system â– the drainage canal created as a solu tion of chicago's sewage problem at a cost of joo.ooo.txx has been a fruitless under taking so far as its initial purpose is con cerned said colonel w h bixby until yesterday chief engineer for the united states government m the department ot the lakes the canal is inadequate it will be useful for navigation but it never wiii irove sufficient to solve the sewage prob em colonel bixby is an expert in his pro fession he has been connected with many of the greatest undertakings of ibe government on the great lakes he is recognized as an authority on engineer ing problems the country over while stationed m Chicago he studied the drain | age canal and the harbor question now he has been transferred to st louis n j a resident of Chicago and an employe of the government he could not with propriety discuss these questions before jis departure yesterday he broke bis silence and left behind him some things lor Chicago business men to mull over anai needs more outflow the drainage canal now requires " per cant of the entire outflow of the upper ake continued colonel b xby kven ow the canal reaily needs as much more when the population of Chicago reaches 6,000.000 as it surely will do in the not ar distant future the canal will need at east 15 or 20 per cent of the outflow the united states government would never isrmit this it is entirely out of the qnes ion there is another phase to the problem what about the Illinois valley below cbl ago Chicago nor no other city has the mora or legal right tc cast lis wasta wbere t jeopardizes t * health of other commun tles this is what Chicago is doing hrough its drainage canal as the city grows conditions will grow worse instead f improving vlust treat sewage chemically dumping sewage anyway is but a relic of the dark ages the modern method is 0 treat it chemically this is what chi cago must come to as well as other large cities in the union if worcester mass can do this economically then Chicago can do it much more economically the time is approaching when the cost of such a method will be insignificant when ompared to what the city will become iable to if the drainage canal continues n the purpose for which it was built " isham randolph for many years connect ed with the engineering of the canal when , uforined of colonel bixby prophecies j was inclined to make light of them says view is untenable 1 have known for some time that colonel jlxby held very radical ideas on the sub ect of the drainage canal he said in my opiuiou the colonel's views are un tenable the proof of the pudding is iv ; the eating of it so says the old saw and 1 think the drainage canal already has proved that it serves admirably the pur pose for which it was created " colonel bixby before his departure made some other predictions as to chicago's ' future and touched on the harbor question as one of the most important problems now confronting the city the future harbor of Chicago he said lies m the lake between Chicago avenue on the porth and thirty-ninth street on the south the Chicago river is and ever will be but a makeshift the expenditure j of millions of dollars m widening the river ' will never make the stream adequate for larhor purposes ity must spend own money Chicago will have to spend its own | noney ou the river the government will not do it for you uncle sam is not throw ing bis money away in useless improve ments but with all th millions that yoj fpend lake boats will grow faster than will the size of the river vessels longer than 400 feet never can ' he operated successfully m the Chicago kiver if Chicago confines its attention . to this kind of lake traffic the city will | lose its position as a fifth rate port and will sink still lower in the scale Chicago must have a harbor the gov 1 eminent year by year is giving less and less for the development of internal bar jors it is giving more and more for ex ernal harbors there is no reason why hieago should not build up again its great lake trade but it must have an outer harbor to do it , says smoke must go colonel bixby likewise prophesied that the drift of the residence section of the city would be toward lake forest and thai business would eventually march up mlchi gun avenue and drive the residents of that section of the city further out m the suburbs every locomotive smokestack m Chicago i lias got to go was colonel bixbv's part i ing shot electrification of the terminals m the city is bouud to come and soon schoolboy killed by engine robert boyer a schoolboy was killed by he south-bound pcre marquette railroad jflpwitcli eniiue yesterday afternoon at sixty hfbird streit and onklcv avenue he lived maÂ«Â»r a/m sixty-third street au l held to da _â– roosevelt trophies for national museum will stay uatil he gets game only plan president has is to hunt until object of trip has been accomplished washington sept 30 â€” president roosevelt will give ail the trophies col lected during bis african hunt next spring to the national museum this was the of ficial announcement made to-day together with a few other details regarding the president's forthcoming trip the president's bunting party will be strictly limited to four persons from this country the president bis son kermit and two taxidermists these latter will be chosen by the officers of the national museum and their expenses will be paid by the museum m consideration of the fact that all the specimens secured will go to the museum the president has absolutely no plans according to the official announcements he will begin his hnut m british east africa hut neither he nor any one else knows where he will emerge to the coast wherever the game is the president will go he may find plenty in british east africa bat if not he will follow on into german east africa or into any other country where he finds it necessary to go to secure what he desires ontside the four white persons who start from this country the party will receive no recruits beyond the caravan of native bearers and drivers that will be arranged for m alexandria the presi dent does not plan to accept any official invitations from monarchs or rulers of the countries through which he will pass i and under no conditions will he permit any other white persons to join m his i hunt communication with american fleet lost position of vessels unknown because of failure of wireless telegraph manila p 1 sept 30.-wbile the progress of the american battleship fleet is presumed to have carried it through the basillan channel some tlnid during the late afternoon and while there is every expecta tion that the warships will arrive late fri day the interruption of the wireless tel egraph service has prevented any definite information relating to the location of the warships gibraltar sept 30 the american battleships alabama and maine were re ported twelve miles from gibraltar at 12 4 r > a m to-day the battleships are preced .'Â»* the main fleet under rear admiral sperry around the world they left na ples september 26 barber clips too much hair and is fined 100 customer's eye blackened m alterca tion following tonsorial work because charles jefferson 1514 belmont avenue a barber clipped too much hair ' from the head of an aged customer he was fined 100 and costs yesterday m the sheffield avenue branch court when ar raigned on a warrant charging disorderly conduct sworn ont by the children of patrick hurley 70 years old the customer hurley bad remonstrated with the barber and received a black eye as the result the first oue he has worn in forty years he asserts motion for arrest of judg ment agaiust the barber will be argued to-day kaiserin submits to test of x-ray apparatus rominten prussia sept 30 the em press of germany to-day submitted to an x-ray examination of the bones of her hand at a public demonstration of the roentgen ray apparatus recently presented the szlttkehmen hospital by the kaiser and kalserln both visited the institu tion and listened to an explanatory lecture by the physician m charge her majesty then expressed a desire to witness the work ings of the plant and at the suggestion of the physician ehe submitted her hand and was enabled to 6ee its bones through the flesh woman mails letter in fire box and rings alarm three engine companies a hook and lad der company and a patrol wagon filled with policemen were summoned in evans ton shortly after noon yesterday when mrs x j ingham of lake geneva wis who has been visiting at the home of mrs mary merrlmati 1319 Chicago avenue accidentally pulled a fire alarm box m at tempting to mail a letter at dempster street and Chicago avenue mandel's millions to kin and charity merchant m will gives widow and his children greater part of estate iviakes his wife trustee divides 2,000000 property into four portions and provides trust fund with the exception of 50,000 left to the widow to be applied to charitable purposes if she may see fit to use the fund m that way the entire estate of the late eman uel mandel is bequeathed to his imme diate family the will was filed in the probate court yesterday afternoon it disposes of an estate valued at more than 2,000,000 according to the inventory made after mr mandel's death his holdings were as j follows : personal property including his interest ] in mandel brothers 1,131,825 real estate 892,167 mrs babette mandel the widow edwin f mandel a son rose mandel lover a daughter carrie greeubaum mandel 1 daughter-in-law and her sons frank e mandel and richard henry mandel are the beneficiaries r widow gets homestead the first bequest is one of 50,000 for charitable purposes to be given at the dis cretion of mrs mandel the homestead at 3-100 michigan avenue with all pictures furniture jewelry hordes and carriages la j given to the widow the remainder of the estate is to be i dhftled into four equal parts one of these i goes to mrs mandel the widow a second j to edwin f mandela third to rose man de lover while the fourth is a trust fund for the benefit of mrs carrie greeubaum | mandel widow of a deceased son of mr ; mandel and her two sons aged respec tively six and time years the testator's widow is made the trustee of this fourth part she is given the power to invest and re-iuvest it as she sees fit without accounting to any person the income of the fund is directed to be divided into three equal parts one of these parts goes to mrs mandel jr and the other two to her sons marriage stops income the yonnger mrs mandel is to receive her share of the income of the trust fund only as long as she remains unmarried should she marry her income stops and her share m the property goes to her sous in the event of her death the grandsons inherit the property belouging to their mother it is left with the discretion of the trustee mrs mandel to give to either of the grandsons a share of their property from the trust fund when they reach the age of tweuty-flve years on attaining their thirty-fifth year the remainder of their property is to be given them provisions against death if either of the grandsons dies before reaching his thirty-fifth year his portion of the estate is bequeathed m equal por tious to his children if either dies be fore becoming thirty-five years old w-ithout leaving issue his portion is given to the surviving brother if both die before reaching that age their portion reverts to edward f mandel and mrs lover if mrs mandel cannot serve as trustee a bert s loner is named for the trust edwin f mandel and mr lover are named executors of the estate the will was drawn february-27 1905 pittsburg firm fails fear head is suicide brokerage concern of a j lawrence & co closes its doors pittsburg pa sept 30 the broker age firm of a j lawrence & co has closed its doors and andrew j lawrence head of the firm is missing his friends admit fearing that he has killed himself saying his financial reverses may have caused him to lose his mind the firm has done much of the heavy trading for the old and rich families of pittsburg and it is not yet known how badly the failure of the firm will affect persons high up m the financial world a most determined effort has been made to keep the matter quiet lawrence was seen heading for the woods on the south side of the city early yester day morning about the time his office was seized at his home his son stated this evening that no trace of his father bad been found season's first snow falls on north shore chilling western gale brings flurry to highland park i a score or more of Chicago millionaires were caught last evening m the first snow flurry of the season some of them were without overcoats the snow did not strike j Chicago hut the flakes were falling m ! highland park and lake forest last even ing when the millionaires special pulled into the northwestern station in addition j here wns a chilling gaie from the west j the snow melted al.nost as fast as it fell i continved cold with more frost is the pre j diction of the forecaster for to-day and friday Chicago lawyer weds former client secretly cincinnati 0 sept 30 george c oilier a Chicago lawyer and miss ira 8.1 ituck of barnesburg 0 were married m j cincinnati to-day but the news of it did rot get out until after the couple had started on a two weeks honeymoon trip i it is said the^iride was a former client of the young^bn-yer and that he fell in i love wltu hu^^^kile conducting her legal affairs r ufl lhe la Chicago *> here comes the bridegroom expects wright to win 100,000 prize french expert lazore weiller has faith m american's aeroplane paris sept 30 lazare weiller the french aeroplane promoter to-day when interviewed about the wright aeroplane system expressed great enthusiasm weil ler said he felt certain wilbur wrighi would capture the prize of 300,000 francs 100,000 offered by him for an airship i carrying two persons i understand that for the first test of flight he will carry a sack of sand and for the secoud a passenger saitl m weil ler i am confident of his success after an agreement with mr wright yesterday i ordered a french factory to construct j fifty aeroplanes the contract involves * 100,000 m weiller expressed regret thnt wright did not possess all the foreign patents for ills aeroplane as regards the french patent he said i consider that wright has proved every thing he advanced interest was displayed among local aero enthusiasts to-day m the fact that this was the last day of the time specified for the winning of the french aero club's prize of 1,000 for the greatest distance flown by aviation in the mouth of september wright on september -'] flew au official d stance of cg.-io kilometers remaining m the air one hour thirty-one minutes and fifty-one seconds in that time it was esti mated that he had covered an actual dis | ance of about ninety-eight kilometers or over sixty miles although the official dis tance was only 00.00 kilometers or about thirty-nine miles wright's record . the ? 4.000 michel m cup however was diminished by the de duction of that part of the flight accom plished after sunset the micheliu prize is for the greatest distance fiowu iv v,k)b the specification is that the flight must be before sunset on this account only the portion of wright's fl.ght accomplished before six o'clock the sunset hour was counted for the michelln prize this amounted to s.uo kilometers and is the best flight under the prize conditions yet made m europe hanly exonerated on alleged bribe offer indianapolis lud sept 30.â€”gov ernor hauly is exonerated m the report of the investigating committee wblcb was received by the house at 3 o'clock this afternoon it declared that if senator wickwire made the alleged tender of a state office for representative knifieiy's vote on the local option bill it was euttrelv wi.hout authority the report deprecated the making of such affidavits as knisely s as giving a falsi impression the house adjourned immediately after accepting the report but the senate sulked over what t regarded as a reflection on wickwire and continued m session awaiting a report of a committee of its own adjournment how ever came this evening thus eudiujjlyie elkins preparing to welcome abruzzi marriage will take place m november and will be unostentatious washington sept 30 the news of the early coming ol the duke of the abraz zl escorted by three italian warships to claim as his bride the beautiful katherine i-;ik!ns the king's consent having finally been won has given washington society a i new thrill none of the elkins family is in town but it is said that they will re turn froni llollyhurst w va very short ly m order to receive the duke when he arrives m this country intimate friends of the family aver that the marriage will occur in november and will be a very quiet affair the recent luaine-elkius sensation gave the family un pleasant publicity and rather spoiled any plans for an elaborate wedding that may have been conceived miss elkins is n wholesome american girl and her tastes are simple and a quiet wed ding would please her it is said that she lias been under instruction for the catholic church for some time past the duke will stay at the italian embas sy while m washington washington as n whole is gind that one of her favorite j society belles is to marry into a royal | house for miss elkins is greatly liked t by her associates the palasso mareslettl one of the finest of the soman palaces has been purchased for 4,000,000 lire 800,000 by slgnor pac reili of the itanea di lioma who is stated to be acting m behalf of a mysterious un known eumor has it that the realpur chaser is either the duke of abruzzl or a wealthy relative of miss elkins girl suing elkins gets 50 a week during life actress has debts paid with ex penses abroad new york sept 30 the suit for l 100,000 for breach of promise brought i last week by louise lonsdale the actrega against blame elkins son of senator el-j j kins of west virginia has been settled i and miss lonsdale is now on the high j seas with miss margaret carroll of brook i lyu bound for paris the settlement of the case was reportel last week but the details were not forth coming uutli to-day as all concerned used every possible means to keep the matter quiet the terms of settlement are that miss lonsdale will be paid 50 a week for the remainder of her life all her debts have been paid and included m the settlement is the trip abroad which she is now en joying with all expenses paid together with those of her traveling companion miss lonsdale ' sailed saturday morning on the philadelphia of the american line hound for paris under the name of m:ss carroll while her traveling companion was booked as mrs 1 m carroll of brooklyn bryan labor plank jeered by ridder editorial following convention blames party for catering to workingmen's leaders new york sept 30 union labor lead ers discovered to-night that herman ridder the new treasurer of the democratic na tional committee had repudiated the anti injunction plank m the democratic national platform mr gompers m his efforts to aid bryan has declared that the adoption of this plank entitled the democratic party to the union vote and urged the members of organized labor to contribute to bryan's campaign fund because of it mr bidder's attention will be called to his stand on this poiut at next sunday's meeting of the central federated union he has announced that he will appear to defend himself against charges of unfair ness toward union labor at this meeting mr bidder's attack upon the anti-injunc tion plank followed immediately after it was incorporated into the democratic plat form at the denver convention in his argument against this plank mr ridder cited the supreme court decision in the danbury hatters union case iv the preliminary stages of the campaign mr gompers had publicly denounced this decision m new york and elsewhere throughout the country following is an editorial attack which ridder made upon the anti-injunction forces of the democratic party in his pa per the new yorker staats zeitung juiy 10 1908 there is one point in the democratic platform which is received with disgust even by democrats for iv its declaration against the misuse of judicial injunctions the platform goes too far when it cou | demus the issuing of temporary court or ders especially m industrial conflicts m its application to disputes between organized capita and organized labor the party's declaration however goes still further for it maintains the riew that labor unions should not be classified as or ganizations for the restraint of trade and not to be treated as such only a short time ago the highest court decided iv a suit against the hatters union of con necticut that through its organisations and its tactics it had been destroying tree eouipttition and this decision was indorsed by a majority of the just and thinking population to cater to labor leaders has always been a dangerous underta.iiing on the pait of a great party and the demo cratic party should not have been per mitted to undertake such a thing for according to its whole traditions it doss { not recognize class spirit or class legis lation fire at john d.'s house follows explosion tarrytown n v sept 30 the gaso line tank on one of john d rockefeller's lawn mowers exploded this morning and destroyed it setting fire to a honse on the place and burning it to the ground en gineer stoneley was badly cut on the head john 1 jr and bis wife rushed to the scene and directed the firemou iv their work after an hour's fighting the flames were brot_j_u_)der control . -_____? % hearstshows foriker got 94,500 of oil cash reads affidavits from mem bers proving haskell joined citizens alliance more archbold letters crowd that fills denver audi torium cheers furthet dis closures of guilt his6en given an ovation largest audience that ever attended rally m colorado hears new party leaders denver sept 30 william ra dolph hearst to-night exploded another bomb m the camp of the republican party by reading be fore the largest political gathering ever held m this city new letters that further establish the connection of senator joseph b foraker with the standard oil company one of the let ters showed that foraker had received 5,000 and another showed that he had received 10,c00 from john d archbold from the unfailing supply at no 26 broadway both these letters were written to foraker m 1900 and contained certifi cates of deposit for the sums named tlxey were sent to the senator as a re suit of previous communication be tween foraker and archbold mr hearst stated that he had come across the letters m looking through a large collection to find correspond ence which foraker had stated would establish his innocence show effective service the letters which i found said mr hearst do not prove his inno cence but show the effectiveness of his service to the standard oil com pany mr hearst paid his respects tc charles n haskell by reading affi davits that establish his connection with the secret citizens alliance of muskogee which was organized to \ fight union labor it was m connec tion with this movement that haskell j referred to the union labor movement as being promoted by contemptible fanatics the affidavits read showed that haskell was a member of the alliance and that he paid dues as such bryan responsible for haskell mr hearst said that mr bryan had de clared that he was respousible for haskell and that be was satisfied to let bim shoul der the responsibility when mr hearst declared that the-af fidavits proclaimed the monumental men^j i ducity of haskell there was a roar of ap proval later m bis speech mr hearst aroused tremendous applause when be de . clared that he supported roosevelt in his fight against the standard oil and ap proved of his attitude in connection with the present political unsavory revelations not because he bad changed his personal opinion of roosevelt but because he is a loyal citizen and loves his country and hia fellow men cheers and laughter greeted mr hearst's declaration that he was waiting for an opportunity to even matters up with roosevelt after he had relinquished the presidency for sending his mouthpiece tweed's lawyer into the state of new york to lie about hearst when he was running for governor addresses overflow meeting after finishing hi address mr hearst was taken m an automobile to the office of the denver post where many thousands of people had waited m the street to catch sight of him and heir him speak they had been unable to get into the auditorium and refused to go home mr hearst \ stepped out upon the balcony of the l'os building and said a few words to the waiifl ing throng he was cheered cnthusiasti^h all after that he was driven to the denver press club where be was cordially r ceived he made a brief speech so great was the demand for admission , to the hall that the doors were closed a at ten minutes of 7 o'clock m streets are packed 9 for three blocks the streets leading tos the auditorium were jammed with human ity it required a large force of police men to take care of the crowd lr proved to be a very orderly assemblage and every thing passed off smoothly and satisfactorily to those engaged in handling the uteetiug when mr hearst finished his speech iv the hall thomas l hi-gen independent paiity candidate for president was iir.ro h^ed.^fc he was warmly applauded mr am^sia^^^^j^^l^he taaudkr the audi ||| weather forecast m yjfyi Chicago and vicinity â€” fair m f\'j and continued cool with probably f t % y frost thursday fair friday with >Â£.â– ;. v s slowly rising temperature fresh t.f v s northwest winds becoming light ywg the thanks of thousands â– __=_ 1 have been received by the examiner for the effective work of its employment exchange during the past eighteen months the service of the ex change is given '